Roy Jones Jr. and 15 Big Name Fighters We No Longer Care About

There are just some fighters that have become irrelevant. You know what I'm talking about: some are way past their primes, and others just don't have the same mystique and allure they once did.

Last week, there was a report from one website that former light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KOs) could face cruiserweight Dennis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KOs) this April in Russia.

Roy's a legend and was always quite the colorful quote, but I really haven't followed him since his first fight with Antonio Tarver in 2003. He was lucky to emerge with a win then and got blasted in the rematch. I hoped he would retire, but like so many others, he's stayed around.

He's not the only one, though. There are other talented fighters out there, some of them world champions. I just don't care about them like I used to.

10. Rocky Juarez

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The Houston fighter just lost a unanimous decision to Alejandro Sanabria (27-1, 21 KOs) in Mexico in February.

That was the fourth straight losses for Juarez (28-7-1, 20 KOs), who hasn't won since 2008. Rocky got three big title shots against Marco Antonio Barrera (twice), Juan Manuel Marquez and twice again with Chris John.

6. Zab Judah

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Zab (41-6, 28 KOs) has another belt again after defeating Kaizer Mabuza on Saturday.

I wish him the best. Zab really rubbed me the wrong way for his temper tantrum after getting knocked out by Kostya Tszyu in 2001. I regained a lot of respect for Zab after watching the tough fight he gave Miguel Cotto back in 2007, but he seemed to drop off the map after that.

I moved on and started watching other fighters.

Like I said before, it's nothing personal. Your attention just shifts elsewhere sometimes.

5. Kelly Pavlik

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The former middleweight champ is supposed to return on the undercard of the Pacquiao-Mosley fight in May.

I could care less how Pavlik's fight goes. What I do care about is making sure he stays clean and sober after recently spending time in the Betty Ford Clinic. That's way more important than what happens in a ring.

If he can attack that with the same ferocity, I'll respect him just as much as I used to for what a great fighter he became.

1. Wladimir Klitschko

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The best thing that could possibly happen is if Wladimir faces David Haye and their fight is actually exciting.

I feel for Wladimir, though. The guy is talented and has a great record (55-3, 49 KOs), but he's also fighting during a time when the division is absolutely dreadful and there's not a single truly talented American heavyweight to be found.

No fight fan in their right mind could devote time to watching heavyweights anymore on a consistent basis.